Syndicate

Jun. 29th, 2009

Jun. 16th, 2009

Evaluating Adam Lambert after one of his exotic, virtuoso performances back in April, American Idol judge Kara DioGuardi praised him as being "confusing, shocking, sleazy, and superb." That's a standard you could soon achieve in your own sphere, Scorpio. But do you want to? You'll have to care less about maintaining your dignity than usual, and be especially forthright in expressing yourself. Let me leave no doubt about what I'm saying: To be as superb as you potentially can be, you'll have to be at least a little confusing and shocking and maybe even sleazy.

Jun. 10th, 2009

the past few weeks have been full of me turning on myselfestranging the one i lovemaking assumptions while my self esteem spirals down in a tailspin of resenti am angry with myself for how i am feelingi am angry with myself for frustrating someone who loves mefor not being able to express myself clearlyfor my apparent aptitude for self sabotage

life is full to overflowing with beautiful, inspiring success' and yet i'm convinced the bottom is about to fall out.....this, then leads to me jumping on it as though i might as well speed up the process, as though it were inevitable

there are so many confrontations with the selfand then trying the art of explanation with the other

i need to find the words that lead to articulating my wants, desiresi need to offer solutions that seem clear and concretei need to make a plan of action

it's not enough to just wait to feel betterit's not enough to simply get through it and hope it doesn't come back

on a brighter note, my body and i seem to finally be reacquainting ourselves. leaning into one another. acknowledging our long battle that the injury brought acuteness to. this brings me hope. as the pains decrease and the inflammation goes down i am filled with excitement. i need to do something that reminds me how to move again. i want my groove back. my sacrum, hips and pelvis are starting to remember how to work together. i want to dance. i know that it helps lead me to feeling sexy again. winning battles during wars has to count for something right?

....i keep thinking about belly dancing? any one know of a good, affordable class?god, taking classes terrifies me. how did i get so tightly wound?

May. 29th, 2009

Mar. 23rd, 2009

It appears that a compilation album I recorded a song for is no longer going to be released. I'm not sure what exactly happened, but the label that initiated the project apparently neglected to get the appropriate permissions and such from the copyright holders. I suppose they thought it wouldn't be a big deal since it was only going to be available for free via the internet.

I've pasted the email I received from the Silverstein families lawyers.I'd love to hear your thoughts on this.Send word.

much lovejess

----------------------------------March 23, 2009

VIA EMAIL

Dear Sir or Madam:

We are the attorneys for the estate of Shel Silverstein and the Silverstein family who control Mr. Silverstein’s copyrighted works. These materials, including the work named above, are protected by U.S. federal copyright laws, by the corresponding laws of other nations and by international treaty.

It has come to our attention that you (either as an individual musician or as a musical group) are participating in a Peppermill Records project entitled “Come Sit by My Fire,” which aims to adapt many of Mr. Silverstein’s copyrighted poems and stories, including the above-mentioned work, by setting them to music and then making them available for download. Unfortunately, Peter Krahn, principal of Peppermill Records, neither sought nor obtained our clients’ permission prior to launching this project.

Our clients have not approved and do not approve this unauthorized use of their proprietary material. Therefore, we demand that you immediately cease and desist any and all uses of this material. This includes setting the text to music, as well as recording, publishing, performing or otherwise distributing or using the resulting song. You are hereby notified that our clients consider any use of your song, which makes use of their copyrighted material, to be a violation of the copyright law. Such infringement expressly includes, but is not limited to, making the song publicly available on any myspace.com or other web pages, performing the song in conjunction with other artists involved in the Peppermill Records project, or transmitting it to Peter Krahn or Peppermill Records for inclusion in this project. We note that you are also displaying the text of our clients’ poem and/or accompanying images on myspace.com or on other websites used or controlled by you. Accordingly, we demand that you cease and desist this further unlawful use of our clients’ copyrighted material.

As an artist, you would not want your own work to be used in this way by someone else without your permission. Similarly, our clients do not want Mr. Silverstein’s work used and altered by third parties; they are well within their rights to deny permission for this use. They vigorously protect their copyrighted materials and have instructed us to aggressively enforce their rights in this case.

We trust that you will immediately cease and desist any and all uses of the above-named work and that we will not need to take any further action in order to resolve this matter. Please confirm your cooperation with this request by responding to this message and placing title of the above-named work in the body of the message, along with the words “I/we confirm that I/we have ceased using the referenced work and shall refrain from recording, publishing, distributing or otherwise disseminating it in the future.”

We anticipate your full, immediate cooperation in this matter and look forward to receiving your confirmation within one week of the date of this message.

Mar. 22nd, 2009

black rabbitblack rabbittell me what will you do?now that the lightcomes to shine on you tooa blanket of snowleaves you out in the coldeven under nights cloakyou are vulnerableblack magic black magicit amounts to no goodblack rabbit black rabbithave they taken your foot?

quiet labouringinto the twilight of yearsall clamouringamounts to each of your fearshearts held by teethand worrying handsit's all been black magicthe undoing of man

black rabbit black rabbitwhat will you do?now that the light comes to shine on you too

Mar. 21st, 2009

the day brings back. a quiet echo from a song i haven't heard in years.

"...but then what kind of scale compares the weight of two beauties the gravity of duties or the ground speed of joy? tell me what kind of gauge can quantify elation? what kind of equation could i possibly employ? and you'll never know, dear just how much i loved you you probably think this was just my big excuse but i stand committed to a love that came before you and the fact that i adore you is just one of my truths

so i i'm goin' home to please the one i so love pleasing and i don't expect he'll have much sympathy for my grieving but i guess that this is the price that we pay for the privilege of living for even a day in a world with so many things worth believing in"ani difranco

and rob breszney says:

Scorpio Horoscope for week of March 19, 2009

After extensive analysis, I've concluded that you won't serve any time in hell for the shock therapy you'll unleash this week -- with one caveat: The shock therapy must be motivated primarily by love, not a lust for power. My research also suggests that in dropping your bombshells you may even rack up some karmic credit, not karmic debt -- if the things you destroy are truly beyond repair and certain to keep causing pain, and if you institute a plan for building a shiny new creation to replace what's lost.

and of someone i love:

Virgo Horoscope for week of March 19, 2009

Years ago a Polish scientist toiling in Antarctica was consumed with longing for a woman he'd left behind in his home country. Spilling over with the desire to express his adoration, he gathered a mass of penguin dung and used it to spell out a large "M" on the frigid ground. It was the first letter of his girlfriend's name, Magda. To this day, two species of flowering plants have thrived in that M-shaped area, fed by the fertilizing power of the dung. Your assignment in the coming week, Virgo, is to create something equally enduring and unique for someone you care for deeply.